PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[philiph20]

From a paper some years ago about the trial
It was almost as "popular" as the OJ Simpson trial

"There have been times over the last three weeks when No. 1 Court at the Old Bailey has seemed more like a theatre than a court of law.

Three long benches in the well of the court, offering the best view of the proceedings, became a sort of Royal Box, reserved for VIPs and visiting dignitaries, most of whom had nothing to do with the case and just wanted to give the family an unusual day out.

A succession of well-groomed middle-aged women with Harrods carrier bags and winter suntans sat there with their daughters or their best friends from 10.30 in the morning until the curtain fell at 4 in the afternoon.

There were free seats for the manager of the hotel where the Yorkshire police were staying, for MPs, councillors, sundry lawyers with their children, the Arsenal goalkeeper Pat Jennings, and for three men who were commended in another court for tackling a bank robber"

I think i read somewhere he was heavily into criminology.

 

[KS55]

I wont have to convince the tax man of anything, I'll be dead

Good point. At the current rate of progress, I will be long gone before we get a verdict. Another birthday tomorrow which I can hardly believe. I will be twenty six again, in my head anyway.
I protested to the panel and told them to get a move on.

 

[old blue]

Good point. At the current rate of progress, I will be long gone before we get a verdict. Another birthday tomorrow which I can hardly believe. I will be twenty six again, in my head anyway.
I protested to the panel and told them to get a move on.

Have a good one youngster.

 

[BlueRockape]

Good point. At the current rate of progress, I will be long gone before we get a verdict. Another birthday tomorrow which I can hardly believe. I will be twenty six again, in my head anyway.
I protested to the panel and told them to get a move on.

Have good one you FOC. ; )

 

[Dubai Blue]

Fair market value has always been a bug bear of mine because its entirely unworkable as a concept, no outside entity can decide the market value as the market sets the value and thats the way its always been and always will be, as you said if someone offers you over what is considered to be market value you arent not going to take it because to that person its worth 500 quid and that therefore is its value

Harris's sniping in that podcast about the stadium naming rights deal being overvalued was ridiculous (particularly given the relatively small sums being discussed). Etihad could be paying double and it would still have worked out as an incredible deal for them.

I've also never understood what business it is of anyone in England to know where Etihad's funding for those deals came from.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Harris's sniping in that podcast about the stadium naming rights deal being overvalued was ridiculous (particularly given the relatively small sums being discussed). Etihad could be paying double and it would still have worked out as an incredible deal for them.

I've also never understood what business it is of anyone in England to know where Etihad's funding for those deals came from.

Since 2009 you would have had to have been living under a rock to now understand that Etihad is an airline operating out of the UAE. I don’t get why there is all the crying that if relatives of Mansour want to use the football club as a vehicle to promote the company, there’s even a few snide jibes happening to Girona now because of their new shirt sponsorship with Etihad.

Arsenal get £10 million less than City to for their Emirates deal, which considering they have never won the champions league or not won a league in 20 years now makes ours look under valued. Even if our Etihad deal was inflated how can United and Liverpool complain? They’ve actually benefitted from it by pointing to City’s Etihad deal and telling Chevrolet, Team Viewer and Standard Charter that they need to pay more than what Etihad do with City.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Question ..rags debt ,does the payments they make on it get calculated into fair play . As its an out going expenditure ..just curious ..

Well yes - debt iimits what they can spend - but from next season (2025/26) 30% of income can't be spent on new players and wages (rather than 10% this season), so most Utd debt stops being such an issue for them as team spending wont be affected by their high level of debt. Whilst hamstringing clubs with a lot less debt as they cant spend extra money on the squad.
The Cartel eh, always looking for ways to stop us.

 

[Metalartin]

Don't forget that Harris also wanted Rabin's details as well

"5 of yours vs 5 of mine!"

 

[domalino]

“We bottled it again”

There's nothing stopping this prick from saying something as long as it's true.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

The replies to the post show you that it doesn't matter how much evidence we have of our innocence and how unlikely it is we have done what we are being accused of, opposition fans are desperate for City to be punished and shifted out of the way. They are desperate and broken and will never believe anything than what they have been fed by the media. Anyway fuck em all.

It’s depressing isn’t it, but they’re never going to let go of this until they absolutely have to. When City are exonerated, hopefully in clear and unambiguous terms, it will be a turning point. Some of the “115” “Man Cheaty” bollocks will definitely continue for a while but it will dwindle to just a hard core of mard arses who will look increasingly loopy. Can’t come soon enough.